Waynesboro woman shot twice by man who kicked down her door

Police are investigating a home invasion and shooting that happened on Monday evening.

Officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 300 block of North Delphine Avenue approximately 11:30 p.m. They found the 51-year-old woman who lives there had been shot twice, once in each arm, while trying to keep an unknown intruder out of her bathroom.

The woman told police that while she was in the bathroom she heard the sound of her front door being kicked in and opened the bathroom door to investigate.

She said a large muscular male in a gray sweatshirt and with his face covered confronted her, so she shut the bathroom door and struggled to keep it closed. During that struggle, the intruder shot a handgun through the door.

The woman told police that the man then ran away in an unknown direction.

The victim was taken to Augusta Health and later transferred to the University of Virginia Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are looking for more information and asking anyone who can help to call the department at (540) 942-6675 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 322-2017.

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Waynesboro woman shot twice by man who kicked down her door

Police are investigating a home invasion and shooting that happened on Monday evening.Officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 300 block of North Delphine Avenue approximately 11:30 p.m. They